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Effects of confounding and effect-modifying lifestyle, environmental and medical factors on risk of radiation-associated cardiovascular disease [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. It has been known for some considerable time that radiation is associated with excess risk of CVD.
Mark P. Little   +6 more
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Differential Dietary Nutrient Intake according to Hormone Replacement Therapy Use: An Underestimated Confounding Factor in Epidemiologic Studies? [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Epidemiology, 2007
Observational studies and randomized controlled trials have produced divergent results concerning the effect of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on cardiovascular disease and, to a lesser extent, dementia. Residual confounding (confounding that remains even after adjustment for various socioeconomic and lifestyle factors) is one explanation that has ...
Vercambre, Marie-Noël   +5 more
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The role of confounding factors in a radon epidemiological study

open access: yesRadiatsionnaya Gygiena = Radiation Hygiene, 2017
Objective: A simulation of a large-scale epidemiological case-control study to identify the relationship between exposure to radon and lung cancer in the presence of factors that distort the results of the assessment of exposure to radon in homes.
A. D. Onishchenko, M. V. Zhukovsky
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The association between cognitive ability and body mass index: A sibling-comparison analysis in four longitudinal studies.

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2023
BackgroundBody mass index (BMI) and obesity rates have increased sharply since the 1980s. While multiple epidemiologic studies have found that higher adolescent cognitive ability is associated with lower adult BMI, residual and unobserved confounding due
Liam Wright, Neil M Davies, David Bann
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Epidemiologic studies of glyphosate and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A review with consideration of exposure frequency, systemic dose, and study quality

open access: yesGlobal Epidemiology, 2023
I reviewed the epidemiologic literature for glyphosate and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) in the context of the frequency of exposure in each epidemiologic study, systemic dose from biomonitoring studies of applicators, and aspects of study quality.
John Acquavella
doaj   +1 more source

State of the science on outdoor air pollution exposure and liver cancer risk

open access: yesEnvironmental Advances, 2023
Background: There is emerging evidence that air pollution exposure increases the risk of developing liver cancer. To date, there have been four epidemiologic studies conducted in the United States, Taiwan, and Europe showing generally consistent positive
Trang VoPham, Rena R. Jones
doaj   +1 more source

Confounders in Identification and Analysis of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Diseases

open access: yesBiomolecules, 2021
Proinflammatory biomarkers have been increasingly used in epidemiologic and intervention studies over the past decades to evaluate and identify an association of systemic inflammation with cardiovascular diseases.
Qurrat Ul Ain   +4 more
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Air pollution as a risk factor for lung cancer [PDF]

open access: yesArchive of Oncology, 2005
Over the past decade, an increasing body of scientific evidence has accrued associating outdoor air pollution with certain types of cancer. Ambient air, particularly in densely populated urban environments, contains a variety of known human carcinogens ...
Nikić Dragana, Stanković Aleksandra M.
doaj   +1 more source

Examination of "Early Mortality Exclusion" as an Approach to Control for Confounding by Occult Disease in Epidemiologic Studies of Mortality Risk Factors [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Epidemiology, 1997
Methods for the estimation of the effects of chronic disease risk factors on mortality continue to be an area that generates confusion and controversy. In response to the frequently observed U- or J-shaped relations between risk factors and mortality, some authors suggest that subjects dying during the first k years of follow-up (where k is some ...
D B, Allison   +4 more
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Visualization and Quantification of the Association Between Breast Cancer and Cholesterol in the All of Us Research Program

open access: yesCancer Informatics, 2023
Epidemiologic evidence for the association of cholesterol and breast cancer is inconsistent. Several factors may contribute to this inconsistency, including limited sample sizes, confounding effects of antihyperlipidemic treatment, age, and body mass ...
Jianglin Feng   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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